Brane-antibrane action from boundary string field theory

Citation
T. Takayanagi et al., Brane-antibrane action from boundary string field theory, J HIGH EN P, 2001(3), 2001, pp. NIL_495-NIL_531
Citations number
75
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
ISSN journal
10298479 → ACNP
Volume
2001
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
NIL_495 - NIL_531
Database
ISI
SICI code
1029-8479(200103)2001:3<NIL_495:BAFBSF>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
In this paper we give the boundary string field theory description of brane -antibrane systems. From the world-sheet action of brane-antibrane systems we obtain the tachyon potential and discuss the tachyon condensation exactl y. We also find the world-volume action including the gauge fields. Moreove r we determine RR-couplings exactly for non-BPS branes and brane-antibranes . These couplings are written by superconnections and correspond to K-1(M) and K-0(M) for the non-BPS branes and brane-antibranes, respectively. We al so show that Myers terms appear if we include the transverse scalars in the boundary sigma model action.